Voices, The Peoples News
March 11, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net
# Indigenous
With the United States Supreme Court declining to hear the case, a protracted legal battle between two Indigenous communities has nowhere to go.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/news/a-30-year-long-fishing-dispute-fizzles-out/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yKXtq1pH$
Congress meets with Native leaders to discuss co-management of federal lands.
Staving off attempts by Republican officials to talk about Russia, tribal leaders spent the morning in D.C. highlighting the benefits of co-management plans and tribal sovereignty.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-congress-meets-with-native-leaders-to-discuss-co-management-of-federal-lands__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yBrpJ4rO$
# Archaeology
A Lost Continent Eliminated Millions Of Years Ago Turned Up In A Very Unlikely Place. When geologists from the University of British Columbia were searching for diamonds, they stumbled upon something much more
precious: evidence of a lost continent. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime find, and the location of this lost continent could come as a major surprise… especially if you’re American.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/lost-continent-discovered-150-million-years__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yOW-d-p6$
# Border / Immigration
Webb County, a Democratic stronghold, is set to welcome Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial migrant arrests. The county is the most populous to embrace the Republican governor’s “catch-and-jail” policy to arrest people accused of crossing the border illegally for state crimes, including trespassing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/10/texas-border-migrant-arrests-webb-county/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yDjPn0U0$
# Border / Immigration / Global
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been planning to tell Mexico that a controversial Trump-era border policy enacted during the pandemic may come to an end as soon as April. However, this move could “seriously strain” border resources and lead to a challenging humanitarian situation in northern Mexico, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/biden-border-plans-title-42__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yMotFGYd$
# Children / Youth
Foster girls who’d been victims of sex trafficking endured fresh abuse at a state shelter, report says: The children were sexually abused and neglected while at The Refuge, a facility located in Bastrop contracted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, according to a report from a current employee.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/10/texas-shelter-sex-trafficking-children/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yKY9Vl_o$
# Economy / Finance / Trade
What big companies have withdrawn from Russia? A strikingly large number of big companies are leaving Ukraine. Here’s who is doing it and why it matters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/what-big-companies-have-withdrawn-from-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yABpTYx0$
# Employment / Labor
Public Integrity makes data behind “Cheated at Work” available: Wage theft investigations, violations. Economists estimate wage theft costs workers more than $15 billion a year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/wage-theft-investigations-violations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yGtmL0cX$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical The war in Ukraine exposes the world’s utter reliance on fossil fuels.
“The role of oil and gas in the global economy is very deeply embedded, so any shift is going to take a long time,” one expert said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/russia-ukraine-war-fossil-fuels-climate-change__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yE2ajZ1U$
Portland, Maine, approves deal with company to provide almost 50 electric vehicle charging stations. Installation will begin this spring and be completed over the next 18 months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.onlineev.com/portland-approves-deal-with-private-company-to-provide-almost-50-electric-vehicle-charging-stations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yOjy85rK$
Minnesota Senate GOP bill would block ‘clean cars’ standards: A state Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would block the authority of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to adopt “clean car”
standards after rules established by the agency without the Legislature’s input angered Republicans last summer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/03/09/minnesota-senate-gop-bill-would-block-clean-cars-standards__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yLlfeyJq$
Democrats Unveil Bill to Tax Big Oil’s Profits and Send Checks to the Public. The bill comes as oil and gas companies are raking in profits and spending tens of billions on buybacks and dividends.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-unveil-bill-to-tax-big-oils-profits-and-send-checks-to-the-public/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yBDehbPN$
# Environment / Climate / Global
Five big timber companies hold the future of nearly half of British Columbia’s at-risk old-growth forests in their hands https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/03/10/without-deferrals-these-five-timber-companies-could-decide-the-fate-of-bcs-old-growth-forests.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yBfV32vC$
# Global Politics
Putin’s Diabolical Romanticism Is Sinking the Global Economy: Murder on a colossal scale is taking place in plain sight on television day after day. The invasion of Ukraine was folly and a criminal act, but its continuation has become pure and sustained evil.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/putins-diabolical-romanticism-is-sinking-the-global-economy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yF0eWMSL$
Vladimir Putin’s war has dealt a blow to the ‘populist’ right. Russian imperialism must be challenged.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/11/vladimir-putins-war-has-dealt-a-blow-to-the-populist-right/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yAXw7dKK$
# Gov / Politics
These Two Lawyers Breathed Life Into Trump’s Big Lie. Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House attorney, said it was “very unfortunate” that Trump’s advisers “fed him nonsense about the election results” because it likely led to Jan. 6.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-lawyers-john-eastman-and-jeffrey-clark-breathed-life-into-trumps-big-lie__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yKfj5_Cu$
What Happens to NATO if Trump Wins in 2024? Donald Trump spent four years alienating allies, flattering dictators, and upending the post-WW2 order. His second act could be even worse. What is more, the possibility that Trump will be re-elected isn’t implausible. There’s a general consensus that the Republican nomination is his for the taking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happens-to-nato-if-trump-wins-in-2024__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yB01ipar$
The West’s Hands in Ukraine Are as Bloody as Putin’s: Ukrainians will pay the price to wear down Russia, just as Syrians, Libyans, Iranians, Yemenis, Venezuelans and Palestinians have paid the price as the U.S.
has sought to attain the goals of its globe-spanning imperial project.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://braveneweurope.com/jonathan-cook-the-wests-hands-in-ukraine-are-as-bloody-as-putins-2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yPFfbHN9$
It’s Official: Texas Republicans’ New Voting Law Disenfranchised Thousands Of Otherwise Eligible Voters https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/it-s-official-texas-republicans-new-voting-law-disenfranchised-thousands-of-otherwise-eligible-voters/ar-AAUU1tC?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yIvIGQHs$
The GOP Is Actually Running on Raising Taxes on the Poor and Destroying Medicare and Social Security. For the majority of Americans who are so poor they barely have to pay income taxes, Scott’s plan is just the latest in a 40-year barrage of assaults and insults coming from the GOP.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/11/gop-actually-running-raising-taxes-poor-and-destroying-medicare-and-social-security__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yJzwK1yc$
# Law Enforcement
Texas Plans to Execute an Abuse Survivor Based on a Coerced Confession.
Melissa Lucio’s conviction hinges on a late-night confession and misrepresentations of trauma.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/texas-plans-to-execute-an-abuse-survivor-based-on-a-coerced-confession/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yJX7HcHS$
# Legal / DOJ
Michael Flynn Pleads the Fifth in Meeting With Jan. 6 Panel. The ex-national security adviser counseled Trump to declare martial law and instigate fresh elections after it became clear he would lose.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/10/flynn-jan-6-select-committee-pleads-the-fifth-00016401__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yPeyD34X$
# LGBTQ
60+ Brands Sign Texas Ad Backing Health Care for Trans Kids: Meta,
Google, Ikea, REI, Gap Inc., and Macy’s have all joined the campaign, which demands the governor ditch the oppressive new measure.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/meta-google-among-businesses-signed-onto-texas-ad-campaign-slamming-child-abuse-label-for-trans-healthcare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yOcHh70B$
# Media
Ukrainian refugees reaching Polish train station share their stories: 60 Minutes Scott Pelley reports from a gateway to and from the war in Ukraine, the train station in Przemysl, Poland. Ukrainians there are defiant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD_Etmv3Qm0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yC8AfOvS$
# Medical / Health Care Global
Ukraine Labs Told to Destroy Pathogens to Avoid Leaks in War: The WHO told Ukraine it should destroy any viruses that could spread disease in the event of Russia bombing a lab.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-who-says-it-advised-ukraine-destroy-pathogens-health-labs-prevent-2022-03-11/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yGTq07bH$
# Medical / Health Care
Olympia Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of seven drugs found to be out of specification. Olympia Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling 11 specific lots of Trimix Formulas F-9, T-105, SB-4, Sermorelin, Sincalide, Hydroxocobalamin, and NAD, compounded injectables to the consumer level. These compounded products were found to be out-of-specification.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/olympia-pharmacy-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-seven-compounded-products-due-being-out__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yK_37hM8$
‘Moment of Crisis’: Texas Supreme Court Ends Hope for Overturning Abortion Ban “With this ruling, the sliver of this case that we were left with is gone,” said the head of the Center for Reproductive Rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/11/moment-crisis-texas-supreme-court-ends-hope-overturning-abortion-ban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yDPlQTmo$
# Military / Global
Putin’s ‘Bastards in Rusty Tanks’ Torched a Legendary Church:
“Everything that is left alive in me now burns,” one local told The Daily Beast after watching the treasured 19th-century building get reduced to ashes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-town-of-zavorychi-furious-over-destruction-of-legendary-st-george-church-after-russian-shelling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yJ5eR1gX$
North Korea tested a “relatively new” intercontinental ballistic missile system in February and earlier this month, a senior Biden administration official said Thursday, describing the tests as a “serious escalation”
by Pyongyang which last tested such a missile in 2017.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/597751-north-korea-tested-icbm-in-february-march-marking-serious-escalation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKuVVYmhMBa7q71stVMpBV0n-IWDARcKIX25_cy31BT6XjRPwzgFYNUbBPp8yK3TRQnj$
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:
Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.
NOTE: Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monitory gain to those who have expressed an interest in receiving the material for research and educational purposes. At any point, you can select the link in every email to subscribe, unsubscribe, or send news items: j.selman.1234@livingston.net
All content is owned by author exclusively. Expressed opinions are not necessarily the views of Voices, The Peoples News, other authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners or technicians. Some content may be satirical in nature. All images within are full responsibility of author and not Voices, The Peoples News. Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of International Copyright Law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html
This email cannot be considered spam as long as we include: Contact information & a Remove Link. Reprinted under the Fair Use Law: Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html